Definition of "extreme point" [extreme point]

• The point located farthest from the middle of something (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Around the extreme point this new coast line is from 100 to 150 feet high; nearer the pali it is not so much; at Kalawao, the eastern side, about fifty feet only; and at Kalaupapa, the western side, it is even less."
• "The fort stands on an eminence in the forks between the Savanna and Broad rivers, about one mile above Fort Charlotta, which is situated near the banks of the Savanna, on the Carolina side; Fort James is situated nearly at an equal distance from the banks of the two rivers, and from the extreme point of the land that separates them."
• "(Acts 20: 15) A little to the east of the extreme point there is an anchorage, which is still called St. Paul's port."